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MEDFORD
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Desegregated
Community Seen
As Model Setup
Section of Wall
Ripped by Blast
Morgantown, W. Va. (UPD
-A dynamite blast heavily
damaged an integrated 17
room elementary-junior high
' school building today in the
mining town of Osage, which
had been regarded as a model
desegregated community.
Sheriff Charles J. Whiston
of Monongalia county said at
least a case of dynamite had
been touched off at two points
in the main hallway of the
building. A section of the
brick wall of the 2Vi-story
building was ripped out and
the reinforced concrete ceil
ing supporting the second
floor was bowed.
Without Warning
The blast came without
warning. The Federal Bureau
of Investigation at Washing
ton announced that E. H. Win-
terrowd, special agent in
charge of its Pittsburgh of
fice, was en route to Osage "to
actively assist the local
authorities in every way pos
sible." The bureau said all of
its facilities would be avail
able for the investigation of
the blast.
Winterrowd, the FBI said,
personally will investigate
any indications that federal
laws had been violated.
Ike Proposes
Financial Pool
Seattle, Wash. - (UPD -President
Eisenhower proposed to
day a financial pool be estab
lished by the major free na
tions to help the lesser de
veloped countries outside the
Soviet orbit.
The American chief execu
tive outlined a fivis-point
plan for his country and its
efforts to assist in the growth
of South and Southeast Asia.
He suggested that the other
better developed nations of
the world would be investing
wisely by joining the United
States in an "international
development associati on"
which would be "a way of ef
fectively mobilizing financial
resources contributed by the
free world as a whole."
The President's proposals
were contained in a prepared
speech delivered today to the
opening ministerial meeting
of the 18-nafion Colombo
Plan, a cooperative council
formed in 1950 in the capital
of Ceylon to promote South
and Southeast Asian development.
WEST:
DAMAfi
Make Medford Beautiful
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UNTIDY TANGLE-Clear-cutting these weeds would be the
first step in tidying up this lot. But the shed behind them,
with its broken windows, is something of an eyesore too.
This picture was taken from a major highway passing
through the city. It is part of the Mail Tribune s "Make Med
ford Beautiful" inventory.
MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1958
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'GET ME OUT OF HERE! This goat was just minding his
own business at Santa's Village in Santa Cruz, when he was
suddenly scooped up in the arms of four-year-old Gwen Ken
dall, who was visiting the playground. It isn't clear whether
he is showng enthusiasm for his situation, or exasperation,
since he subsequently declined
Teachers Attend
Annual Institute;
Students Vacation
Jackson county schools were !
closed today as teachers at
tended the annual Jackson
County Teachers' institute at
Hedrick Junior High school.
Schools will be closed to
morrow for Veterans Day and
will reopen Wednesday.
Three speeches were fea
tured at today's session which
ran from 9:45 a.m. to 3:30 p jn.
Dr. Arthur F. Corey, execu
tive secretary of the Cali
fornia Teachers' association,
this morning spoke on "Teach
ing, a Profession or a Job?"
Two Dogs Shot,
Residents Report
Two dogs owned by resi
dents on Medford's east side
were shot Friday, one of them
fatally, . according to Med
ford police.
Jet, a 7-year-old registered
labrador- retriever owned by
Darrell Miller, 317 South
Groveland ave., was reported'
ly killed about 9:40 a.m. on
Lynnwood ave. by a .22 cali
ber bullet.
Tar, a cocker and water
spaniel belonging to Mae F
Clark, 2118 Dellwood ave.,
reportedly was shot in the left
hind leg about 10 a.m. in
front of the Clark residence.
Tar was shot by a pellet gun,
the investigating officer reported.
to make any statement.
Dr. Arthur Kreisman, pro
fessor of English at Southern
Oregon college, spoke on
"Teaching Today's Children
for Tomorrow's World."
Bosworlh Talks
H. P. Bosworth, vice presi
dent of the California Oregon
Power company, was to talk
on "Atoms for Peace, or for
War?" at 1:45 p.m.
A panel discussion led by
Dr. Elmo Stevenson, president
of Southern Oregon college,
on 'Challenges" was planned
for 2:30 p.m. Members of the
panel were Robert Duncan,
Medford attorney and a mem
ber of the Oregon House of
Representatives; Dr. Arthur S.
Taylor, professor of history,
Southern Oregon college; and
Dr. Willard Bear, director of
secondary education, state de
partment of education..
Director of the institute
was Bruce Hitt, assistant coun
ty school superintendent. Gay
iord Smith, principal of Ash
land High school, presided
over the opening session.
Oscar Silver of Ashland High
school presided over the after
noon session. The Medford
High school symphony orches
tra conducted by John Drys
dale provided music.
Hatfield Asks Morse
To Arrange Meeting
Salem (UPD Gov.-elect
Mark Hatfield has asked Sen.
Wayne More (D-Ore.) to ar
range a meeting so he can con
fer with delegates to Con
gress. Morse is the senior
member of the Oregon con
gressional delegation.
In the letter mailed Friday,
Hatfield made no reference to
the campaign attack directed
at him by Morse.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Snow showers In
mountains and a few light rain
showers in valley tonight. Patchy
valley tog Tuesday morning and
parUy cloudy during day with,
scattered light showers. Low to
night 35. High Tuesday 56.
TEMP.
Highest Yesterday 65
Lowest This Morning 44
Prec. to 10 a.m. Today 24
Our Skies Tonight.
Sunset today 4:55 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow 6:57 ajn.
The Moon, in Perigee today, is
too near the Sun to be seen.
New Moon tonight 10:34 p.m.
VISIBLE PLANETS
Mars, rises 5:35 p.m.
and this week is at the peak of
its brilliance for 1958.
Saturn, sets 6:29 p.m.
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Tribune
SCHOOL
Public Hearing
Set for Tonight
By City Planners
Subdivision Ordinanc
On Meeting Agenda
A public hearing on the
new subdivision ordinance
proposal is on the Medford
planning commission's agenda
for its regular meeting to
night at 7:30 o'clock at city
hall.
A continued public hearing
on a zone change request for
property adjacent to the pro
posed freeway interchange on
Barnett rd. is also scheduled.
The requested change is from
single family to limited com
mercial, reportedly to permit
erection of a motel and serv
ice station.
Paul Selby, commission
member, recommended at an
interim meeting Oct. 27 that
the city "hold fast" on any
zone change requests for prop
erty near interchanges. The
commission discussed the
need for a policy for these
areas to insure land uses that
would not cause traffic con
gestion or unsightly condi
tions. .-
Another continued public
hearing slated for tonight -is
that on a zone change for
property at Springbrook and
Delta Waters rds. to permit a
truck maintenance shop.
Three public hearings on
sign variances are scheduled.
The city council last week re
ferred a planners' recommen
dation approving one such
variance to a joint meeting of
the two groups. Councilman
Donald Hansen (Ward II)
stated that according to the
city's zoning ordinance a var
iance could be granted only
when practical confiscation of
property would otherwise re
sult.
Order Signed
Dropping Writ
Circuit Court Judge Ed
ward C. Kelly signed an or
der this morning, dismissing
a petition for writ of habeas
corpus recently filed by Ted
Boatman, Bandon, through his
attomev. John Chaney. Med
ford. The petition was dis
missed on a motion filed by
the petitioner, Chaney.
The petition, filed against
Mrs. Annabelle Warn, Deer
Lodge, Mont.; Charles P.
Cfcamrilin. Medford chief of
police; and Merlin Abshire,
detective with the Mediora
police department, concerned
the "imprisonment and 're
straint" of Boatman's 16-year-old
daughter.
The use of the habeas cor
pus proceeding apparently
was used as a technical device
to bring the matter before a
court, and was instituted de
spite the fact that the girl was
not under restraint - and, in
fact, was never held by local
authorities.
The petition stated that the
girl, daughter of Mrs. Warn,
Deer Lodge, no longer desired
to live with her mother, to
whom she was awarded by
the court following the di
vorce of Boatman and Mrs.
Warn, then Annabelle Boat
man.
According to Chaney, broth
er-in-law of the girl named
in the petition, the case is
closed as far as he is con
cerned. Chief Champlin said today
that the local police will have
nothing more to do with the
case unless they receive fur
ther word from Deer Lodge
authorities who originally
called Medford police regard
ing the girl.
Price 10 Cents
No. 198
Dr. T. Emmens
Dies in Eugene
Of Heart Attack
One of Oregon's
Best Known Doctors
Dr. Thomas Emmens, 46, of
6 North Modoc ave., Medford,
one of the state's best-known
eye doctors, died Saturday
evening in Eugene of a heart
attack following the Stan
ford-University of Oregon
football game. He was born
in Medford Nov. 2, 1912.
Dr. Emmens was a gradu
ate of the University of Ore-
gon, University of Oregon
Medical school, and interned
at Ancker hospital, -St. Paul,
Minn. He served as a captain
in the U. S. Army Medical
corps during World War II
and took his postgraduate
training in eye at the Univer
sity of Pennsylvania and was
on the staff of University of
Oregon Medical school hospit
al and clinic during 1945-47.
He was a member of the
Jackson County Medical soc
iety, Oregon State Medical
society, and the American
Medical society, Oregon Aca
demy of Opthalmology, Pacif
ic Coast Academy of Opthal
mology, and the American Ac
ademy of Ophthalmology. He
was also certified by the Am
erican Board of Ophthalmol
ogy. He is survived by his wid
ow, the former Leah Inch,
Medford; four sons, Robert
Walter Emmens, James Joslin
Emmens, William Odell Em
mens, and Lee Holmes Em
mens, his mother, Mrs. Fan
nie Emmens, all Medford; one
brother, Col. Robert Emmens,
Tokyo, Japan, -where .heis
stationed with the U. S. Air
Force, and several aunts and
uncles. .
He has practiced ophthal
mology in Medford since 1947.
His father also was a well
known physician specializing
in the eye in Medford.
Funeral arrangements will
be announced by Perl Funeral
home.
Complaint Filed
Against Builder
The City of Medford's com
plaint against James Boyce of
Watkins Construction comp
any for allegedly violating a
municipal set-back regulation
was filed this morning in
municipal court.
The complaint, signed by
Oliver R. McNeel, head of the
city's building department,
was filed in connection with
the erecting of an eight-unit
apartment structure at 825
East Ninth st. with sideyards
allegedly under the zoning
ordinance minimum.
The city by this action now
seeks to bring to a boil a
situation that has been sim
mering since September.
City officials, realizing that
apparent negligence by the
building department contrib
uted to the situation, have
sought some means of an out-of-court
settlement. They have
evidently been unsuccessful.
Boyce has stated that since
the building department is
sued him a permit on the bas
is of plans calling for the sub
standard set-back, the city in
effect took responsibility for
the subsequent situation.
The complaint charges that
the violation existed from
July 10 until Sept. 22. ' On
July 10 the permit was is
sued. On Sept. 22 McNeel is
sued an order requiring the
contractor to stop work until
he indicated he would correct
the violation.
.The zoning ordinance sets
a fine of $100 or 50 days in
jail or both for any viola
tion. DOW-JONES AVERAGES
New York - (CPD - Dow
Jones closing stock aver
ages: 30 industrials 557.72,
up 3.46; 20 rails 152.71, up
0.91; 15 utilities 84.70, up
0.65; 65 stocks 193.06. up
1.24. Sales today were about
3,730,000 shares compared
with 3,700,000 shares Fri
day. pen
Two Persons Die
In Auto Mishap
Near Ashland
Brings Fatalities
Tol5 in County
Two persons died in a traf
fic accident just north of Ash
land about 11:55 p.m. Satur
day, according to state police.
Mrs. Flonnie Marie Costa,
38, of 1689 Jackson rd., Ash
land, driver of an automobile,
and a passenger, Frederick
Albert Kleinsmith Jr., 35, of
Detroit, Ore., were killed in
stantly when a logging truck
struck the rear of their car at
the foot of Billings hill. The
bodies were taken to Ashland
mortuary, officers said.
The lumber truck and load
ed trailer was driven by Cecil
Anthon Allen, 38, of 4231
South ' Pacific highway,
Grants Pass. Neither he nor
jhis passengers, two soldiers
from Fort. Ord, Calif., were
injured, state police said. An
investigation of the accident
is still being conducted.
Both Northbound
Both vehicles were north
bound on Highway 99 when
the accident occurred. The
Costa car apparently was in
tending to make a left turn
into Jackson rd., officials
said. The loaded truck and
trailer was also traveling in
the inside lane when it struck
the Costa car.'
Following the collision the
Costa car traveled for 309
feet before it came to a stop
against the southeast . corner
of the Bear Creek cafe, tear
ing out the front partition, of
ficers said.
The body of the car was
ripped off the frame from the
rear to the dashboard, state
police said. Minor damage oc
curred to the front end of the
truck which apparently climb
ed up on the back end of the
car.
The deaths were the 14th
and 15th from traffic in Jack
son county so far this year,
and the sixth and seventh in
the, Jast two, months,
Oil Slick Spoiled
In South Atlantic
Lisbon, Portugal - (UPD - The
U.S. Navy reported today that
its search planes had spotted
an oil slick and picked up
distress signals in the South
Atlantic area where a Portu
guese plane went down Sun
day with 36 persons aboard,
including six Americans.
Officials at the Naval sta
tion in Port Lyautey, Moroc
co, stressed that it was too
early to tell if there were any
survivors from the amphibian
which disappeared on a flight
between Lisbon and Madeira,
600 miles west of Casablanca.
Belgian Monk Wins
Nobel Peace Prize
Oslo, Norway - (UPD -
Father Georges Pire, a Bel
gian Roman Catholic monk,
was awarded the 1958 Nobel
Peace Prize today for- his
work in resettling refugees.
' Lake Grove, Ore. 0IPD The
interior of the Lake Grove
cleaners was destroyed by fire
here Saturday night.
Eagle Point
To Select Director On Tuesday
A member of the board of
directors of the Eagle Point
Irrigation district will be
elected tomorrow, following a
campaign which has been
featured by charges and counter-charges,
the filing of two
court cases, and considerable
bitterness on both sides.
The board position to be
voted on is now held by Clar
ence J- Greb, who is seeking
reelection. Other candidates
are James Dunn and Mrs. Ann
Todd.
Indicted by Jury
Mrs. Todd is the initiator of
many of the charges, includ
ing those of improper admini
stration against the board and
its employees, centering on a
contract between the district
and California Oregon Power
company. Last week she filed
a civil suit seeking annulment
of the contract. Earlier, Ted
Flury, manager of the dis
trict, was indicted by the
grand jury on technical
charges involving his receiv
uig payments for services
from Copco while an em
ployee of the district. Both
Until '9 'Clock TomigDiift
"It Sure Must Have Been Potent, All Right"
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Many Events Set
For Veterans Day;
Showers Forecast
A breakfast, parade, "fly
by," football game and dance
will highlight tomorrow's cel
ebration of Veterans Day in
Jackson county.
Weather forecast for tomor
row is patchy valley fog in
the morning and partly cloudy
during the day with scattered
light showers, according to the
U.S. Weather Bureau station
at the Medford airport.
All schools, city, county,
state and federal offices and
most businesses will be closed
The breakfast for all veter
ans will start at 7:30 a.m. in
the Veterans of Foreign Wars
hall in Medford, officials an
nounced. The Veterans Day parade
will start at 10:30 a.m. and
will include local school
bands, the Oregon National
Guard band from Portland,
floats entered by various or
ganizations in the county, Na
tional Guard units from this
area, and local Air Force,
Navy and Army Reserve
units in addition to veterans'
groups.
Parade To Form
The parade will form off
Eighth st. west of Oakdale
ave., proceed east on Eighth
st. to Bartlett, and west on
Main st. A reviewing stand
will be in front of Crater Lake
Motors on Main st.
Three F-89 jet planes will
fly over the city about 10:45
a.m. as part of the parade
ceremonies. They are from
the 460th intercepter squad
ron at the Portland air base.
Tomorrow afternoon, South
ern Oregon college will play
a team from Moffett Field
Naval Air base, south of San
Francisco, in a football game
at Medford high school sta
dium starting at 2 p.m.
Coach Agrees To Walk
In a previous game between
the two teams this year, Mo
fett Field defeated SOC, 40
25, Al Akins, coach of the
Southern Oregon college foot
Irrigation District
cases are pending, and will
not be settled prior to the elec
tion. The election will be from 8
a.m. to 5 p.m. tomorrow in
the Reese Creek school. It
was reported that a deputy
sheriff will be on duty in case
of any disturbance.
. On Saturday, Clarence F.
Davies, Eagle Point, a water
user of the district and a
former employee, came to the
defense of Flury, the board,
and the manner in which the
district has been operated,
specifically the Copco con
tract, which he said has been
a "God-send" to the district,
permitting many improve
ments at little cost to water
users, and placing the district
on a sound financial basis.
Disputes Statements
His statements were dis
puted this morning by Mrs.
Todd who, in a prepared state
ment, declared that "there is
no evidence to support the
contentions made by ' Mr.
Davies regarding costs and
benefits derived."
She added, "These are only
ball team, has agreed to walk
home to Ashland if the Red
Raiders defeat Moffett Field,
it was reported today.
Tomorrow nieht. a free
dance is scheduled at the Med
ford Armory by the local Na
tional Guard units in rann-
eration with the American Le
gion Post 15, Medford. The
local musician s union will
furnish music.
The Mail Tribune will Dub-
lish a noon edition.
Beck Trial Jury
Selection Starts
Tacoma,' Wash. ' -flJPD-Selec-
tion of a jury to hear the in
come tax evasion trial of for
mer Teamsters boss ' Dave
Beck began in U. S. court to
day before Judge - George
Boldt.
Out of a . panel of 200. 48
jurors were excused outright
for prejudice, health, business
or other reasons. However,
12 persons were called to the
jury box.
Judge Boldt meticulously
explained the situation in his
examination of the prospec
tive jurors. He ! pointed out
that the indictment was "by
no way proof that Beck was
guilty."
Youth Shot in Hand
While Duck Hunting
Delbert Leland Johnson Jr.,
15, of 512 Austin st., Med
ford, accidentally shot him
self through his left hand Sat
urday afternoon while duck
hunting, according to . Jack
son county sheriff's deputies.
Johnson, who was hunting
with a friend, Grant Davis,
16, of 315 Beatty st., told dep
uties that he was loading the
22 caliber revolver when it
discharged after he lowered
the hammer.
The boy was treated at a
doctor's office and released.
bogey-men thrown up to
frighten the taxpayers of the
district, and to further
frighten them into an in
equitable contract with
Copco."
Her statement said the main
purpose of the suit to cancel
the contract which she term
ed "inequitable," and to
achieve a new contract "that
would be beneficial to both
sides."
No Other Elections
The Copco contract provid
ed for use of some of the dis
trict's water for power-generation
purposes, and for the
power company to pay for im
provement and maintenance
of portions of the district's
water system.
No other irrigation dis
tricts in the county will have
elections tomorrow, as no in
cumbent candidates were op
posed. Oregon law provides
the election shall be held the
second Tuesday in November,
whether or not it is a holi
day. This year Veterans day
falls on the second Tuesday.
Headon Collision
South of Albany
Costs Three Lives
Two Electrocuted;
Plane Kills One
By United Press International
At least 13 persons died in
Oregon week end accidents,
eight of them in traffic.
Two persons were electro
cuted, one died in a plane
crash, one was presumed
drowned and a 14-year-old boy
was wounded fatally when a
22 caliber rifle went off.
A headon collision Sunday
between a pickup truck and a
car about nine miles south of
Albany claimed three lives
and hospitalized 10 other per
sons.
Two of the victims were
children, Dena Lee Simler, 4,
and Rickey Blanton, 18
months. Mrs. R6sa Holeton,
Carnation, Wash., died in an
Albany hospital Sunday night.
The two children were
among seven people in the
car driven by Donald L. Blan-"
ton ,24, Junction City. Also
in the car were Blanton's
wife, Beverly, 21; Blanton's
twin brother, Darrell, 24, his
wife, Barbara, about 24, and
Ronald K. Simler, 7.
The pickup was driven by
James E. Holeton, 60, Carna
tion, Wash., who was on his
way to Bakersfield, Calif.,
with his wife.
Glen Rasmussen, 41, Eu
gene, was struck broadside
trying to avoid the accident.
His car swung broadside in
the road and was struck by
William P. Sullivan of Seattle.
All were in an Albany hos
pital and their conditions
were described from "fair"
to "critical."
Just before midnight Satur
day an auto and a lumber
truck collided on Highway 99
near Ashland killing two per
sons. . Dead were Flonnie Marie
Costa, 38, Medford, and Fred
erick Kleinsmith Jr., 35, a
passenger in the car.
A Newberg" mother' and1
her 12-year-old daughter were
electrocuted Saturday while
on a shopping trip after a 12,
500 volt power line came in
contact with their pickup
truck. The accident occurred
south of Sherwood.
Mrs. Jewell Self and her
daughter Alberta died when .
they stepped out of the truck
onto the pavement, grounding
the high , voltage wire which
had come down because of a
windstorm.
Harry Edward Bibler, Cul
ver, was killed Saturday night
when his car smacked into
an embankment south of Red
mond. Karl S. Roessler, an Oregon
State student from Davis,
Calif., was killed Saturday
when the car in which he was
a passenger ran into a freight
locomotive. Two other OSC
students were hospitalized and
described as "critical."
A duck hunting accident
was believed to have taken
the life of Carl Hardell Jr., ,
18, of Lebanon. He was pre
sumed drowned after a boat
he was using capsized on the
Santiam river. Two other
teen-agers, Tom Davis and
Martin Grugett, both 17,
swam to safety. i
A .22 caliber rifle dis
charged into the stomach of
Dale Gilbert, 14, of Spring
field, fatally wounding him.
The accident occurred when
Gilbert and Lee Meadows,
also 14, took the gun from a
cabinet in Meadows' home.
Warren Hamilton Stover,
44, Corvallis, was Kuiea Sat
urday when his single engine
plane crashed in a brush field
20 miles southeast of Spring
field. ; -
Liquor Violation
Brings $105 Fine
Two men appeared in dis
trict court Friday afternoon
before Judge James M. Main.
Cecil Hendricks, Klamath
Falls, waived the right to a
preliminary hearing and was
bound over to the grand jury
on a charge of obtaining mon
ey by false pretenses. He was
lodged in county jail in lieu
of $1,500 bond. He was repre
sented by Richard Courtright,
local attorney.
Charles Vernon Burgess,
Klamath River, Calif., was
fined $105 and sentenced to
six months in the county jail
after he pleaded guilty to fur
nishing liquor to a minor.